St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-24
AVOYELLES,
~arlsh Convention to Nominate Deies
gates to the Congressional Body
Bolt of the McLnery Party

Bolt of the McEnery Party
MAEksEILLE, La, Sept. 21.-fCorre.
spondence The parish convention,
which assembled in Marksville las,
Monday TO select delegates 10 the Baton
Rouge congressional convention, elected
! SIX delegates, uninStructed but all for
Iron. The McEnery men finding them
/ selves IN the minority withdrew from
| the convention and assembled as the
office Of /. H. Thorpe. Esq. their cam
dldate tor congress. There they had
| little tea party of their own aud elected
! SIX thorpe delegates and selected
| McEnery parish executive committee
/ to represent the McEnery faction Of
Avoyelles. This must have been done
! to secure contestlng McEuery delega-
ton to the state convention. Unless
! they had side show, pseudo Demo-
cratic executive of the parish. they
knew McEnery had 10 chance to secure
| the delegation of Ayoyelles. QUEEN deus
vult perdere pTius demeDtat.
! Ayoyelles will not and cannot be
stolen from Nichols.
| According to the time fixed bv the
| Democratic parish executive committee
| of Avovelies. the delegates elected to
| the parish congressional convention met
at the courthouse III the town OF Marks
vile on Monday, Sept. 10, 1881.
Hon. Ludger Barbln, president of the
parish executive committee, called the
convention 10 order and designated as
temporary chairman of the convention
Ar. Eloi Jottflon. Objections being
raised, a motion to take the votes of the
uncOnteSted wards as TO the right OF the
selection OF the temporary chairman
was made and agreed TO.
On motion, Mr.. L. 5. Deuson was
selected as temporary secretary upon
call OF the roll by wards. The creden-
tialS of Pointe Malgre with ) delegates,
Marksvitle with Is, Mansura with s. Cor
ner with Q, Island with t. BordelOnyllle
with &, Big Bend with T. Hamburg with
2, Moreauville with :, Bayou Rouge
Prairie with l, Hoimesvllle with 3 and
Simmsport with Z were handed IN With
out contest. Borodino with ) delegates,
Cottonport with > Evergreen with Z
and ChoupiQue with 10 delegates were
contested and contests filed. The secre-
tary pro tempore having refused to call
the roll OF the unContested wards,
withdrew from the building with a
minority of the delegates
Mr. EloI JOtfrlOn was chosen tempo
rary chairman and Mr.. D. {. Robertson
secretary pro TEN.
Mr.. L. Barbin moved that the presl--
dent pro TEN. appoint committee or
five on credentials. After second to
the motion it was carried. wheTeupon
the chair appointed Messrs. +. J. Jott-
rion, Tancrede Mayeu1. A. L. Chatelaln,
j. A. Tassin and John c. Morrison.
On motion, recess of fifteen minutes
was taken to allow Inc commlItee on
credentials to report.
The convention being called to order
by the president, the chairman OF the
committee on credentials made the iol-
lowing report:
Your committee to whom was referred
the credentials of the different wards
find the following accredited delegates:
Polnte Maigre-Isham West. }. ID.
Rvland and Evariste Duncan.
Marksyllle - Pierre Lahorde, A. y.
Saucer, Auguste juneau. L. Bar6n, Z.
l.. Bordelon. 3. A. Robert. J. A. 1assln,
4. +. Grenilllon, J. A. Morrow, f: j.
Jotfrion, Francois Gaspard, Dr. T.. De-
Mansnra-L. P. Roy, A. c. Rabalais,
A. o. Roy, Cleophas Tassln, A. 4. Chate-
lain. Marcelin Ducote, Louis Porterle
Corner-E. j. Gremillion, John Sup
per, S. J. Bordelon, +. F. GremllIIon'
Nigueras Goudeau, Geryals oca1Aah'
Armer BordeIon, J. B. u. koy' I. A.
Island-F. NJ. Joffrlon, proxy to L.
DeMux and +. J. Jotfrlon. =,
Holmesville-J. C. Morrison, John'h'
EvercreenHR. A. West, D. c. Robert
son. J. C.. Cappel, Willis Reed. A. T..
Haley, Fred White, Jr., Alcee hoy,
ttonport-Theophile Lemolne. l.. L.
Coco. 7. Descant, NaIsln 0autnler' l.
J. Milligau. Dr
Chouploue-J. V. blanche, Pierre Du-
pont, Eugene blanche, lsalah r fu
d
some, J. d. Saucer, \, V. Mofeau' l.
E. Jeansonne. J. B. Jeansonne.
Borodino-Gustave Couvllllenr' T; f
Goudeau, f. b. Coco, proxy to l.. anu L.
Bordelonville-No credentials given.
Moreauyille-No credentials gwen
Black Box-No credentials given.
Hamburg-No credentials given.
Simmsport-No credentials gwen.
Bayou Rouge Prairle-Ao creoeh'i"i'
given.
Respectfully submitted, o;,,n
~: JoFFRIoN, Chairman.
On motion of l.. Barbln, duly SET
onded, the report of the comml''0o ""'
adopted. ,se. +bree del.
eeates answered to their names.
On motion. duly seconded Inc tempo
rarv officers were made perlnaiohIt.
On motion of j. G. Cappel, uuly oon
onded. the following persons me 10 an non-
imously elected as delegates ~ ~ ~, Raton
Ronse on Sept. $, 1SI VIZ: r E D. JoI-
fr,nn n Iemoine, y. Z. k0beTlson'
tllen Barbin, j. c. Capped. $. d. HUSH
no On motion of Mr.. L. P. Roy, duly sec
ondpd the delegates were tnlnsElIHGoe;u
On motion, the Marksyllle bullealdd
and MarksvilIe Review were i .h,u sou.
TO publish the proceedings OF thls CON-
% nn I'M Motion of Mr.. L. J. Joftrion tne
.~aention adjourned sine die. -,
\ H., JoFFRIoN. PresldenE.
|EETsQN, SECRETARY.